It's not TEOTWAWKI, well, not for most people.

http://www.mercy.net/joplin/stories-of-mercy/45-seconds

Facebook didn't like the length:

First off Kudos to Dr. Kikta for having his mental shit together to come right out from under that desk and start doing the best job he could under what were decidedly degraded conditions.

But "...Where did all the flashlights come from? I’ll never know..."

As all the kiddies say SRSLY? WTF?

http://www.amazon.com/LRI-PWK-Photon-Keychain-Micro-Light/dp/B00006I4Y2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308052073&sr=8-1 10 bucks.

http://www.amazon.com/LRI-AW-Photon-Keychain-Micro-Light/dp/B000JGO7Z4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1308052073&sr=8-4 6 bucks

http://www.amazon.com/MICRO-BLACK-KEYCHAIN-SUPER-BRIGHT/dp/B001EOZVCS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308052073&sr=8-2 5 of them for 3 bucks.

Put your keys on it and you won't even know it's there. Don't get red--it doesn't show blood worth crap.

Get three of these:
http://www.gohandh.com/category/tourniquets/tk-4/

Use one for practice, on yourself and others. Carry one of them any time you're not at home. No, they aren't the best, but when some idjit whips a chainsaw across his buddies thigh and you've got a pretty little arch of bright red blood they MIGHT slow it down enough that packing the wound with a t-shirt will get the guy to the ER still breathing.

Get two of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CHPTMM/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0BZDA9GSMVQ6DT7N6CCT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846 No, it's not perfect, no, it's not what I'd take to Yemen or Libya. But if you're criticizing it it means you have a better one on hand, right?

One in the car, one in the desk at work-because at home you have a nice kit, right?

Right?

Or do you REALLY expect that you can call an ambulance and have it get there in time to save your kid/wife/neighbor?

Like those folks in Joplin.

Oh, and your local Red Cross gives first aid classes. Take two, they're small.